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An earthquake is the result of a sudden release of energy in the Earth's crust that creates seismic waves. Earthquakes are recorded with a seismometer, also known as a seismograph. The moment magnitude of an earthquake is conventionally reported, or the related and mostly obsolete Richter magnitude, with magnitude 3 or lower earthquakes being mostly imperceptible and magnitude 7 causing serious damage over large areas. Intensity of shaking is measured on the modified Mercalli scale. (read more...)

Theoretical articles Flinn-Engdahl regions List of tectonic plates Mercalli intensity scale Seismology Subduction zone United States Geological Survey

Earthquake articles Shaanxi earthquake 1556 Indian Ocean earthquake 2004 Sichuan earthquake 2008 Solomon Islands earthquake 2010 Haiti earthquake 2010 Chile earthquake 2010

Single event articles 1989 October 17, United States 2010 January 12 (16:53), Haiti 2010 February 27, Chile 2010 April 4, Mexico 2010 April 7, Indonesia 2010 April 14 (07:49), China

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What's new on Earthquakes Wiki

May 10, 2010

Classification of earthquakes by F-E region.

April 10, 2010

Restructuring of event and earthquake pages.

January 1, 2010

All earthquakes with M5.5 and above get articles.

Recent Earthquakes

Latest earthquakes (M5.5 or above):^Edit

See also:
Earthquake calendar
June 19, Andaman Islands, India, region (M5.9)
June 18, Kuril Islands, Russia (M5.9)
June 18, South of Kermadec Islands, New Zealand (M6.0)
June 16, Near north coast of Papua, Indonesia (M6.6)
June 16, Near north coast of Papua, Indonesia (M7.0)
June 16, Near north coast of Papua, Indonesia (M6.2)
June 16, Bougainville–Solomon Islands region (M5.6)
June 14, Southern California, United States (M5.7)
June 13, Near east coast of eastern Honshu, Japan (M5.8)
June 13, Nicobar Islands, India, region (M7.5)
June 12, Bonin Islands, Japan, region (M5.7)
June 11, South Indian Ocean (M5.8)
June 10, Mindanao, Philippine Islands (M5.6)
June 10, Vanuatu Islands (M6.0)
June 9, Halmahera, Indonesia (M5.7)
June 5, Kuril Islands, Russia (M5.5)
June 3, Jan Mayen Island region (M5.5)
June 3, Vanuatu Islands (M5.6)
June 2, New Britain, Papua New Guinea, region (M5.8)
June 2, Vanuatu Islands (M5.6)
June 1, South Sandwich Islands region (M5.9)
June 1, Near coast of central Chile (M5.6)
June 1, Andaman Islands, India, region (M6.4)
May 31, Costa Rica (M5.9)
May 31, Mindanao, Philippine Islands (M5.9)
May 29, Qinghai, China (M5.8)
May 28, Vanuatu Islands (M5.7)
May 28, Vanuatu Islands (M6.4)
May 28, Vanuatu Islands (M5.7)
May 28, Vanuatu Islands (M7.2)
May 26, Southeast of Ryukyu Islands, Japan (M6.4)
May 25, Northern Mid-Atlantic Ridge (M6.3)
May 24, Western Brazil (M6.5)
May 24, Vanuatu Islands (M5.5)
May 23, Central Peru (M6.1)
May 21, Pacific-Antarctic Ridge (M5.7)
May 21, Near coast of central Chile (M5.7)
May 20, Costa Rica (M5.9)
May 20, Southeast of Easter Island (M5.9)
May 19, Pacific-Antarctic Ridge (M5.6)